Dry Dock X7: Dry Docking & Shipbuilding Project Management Software
Dry docking is one of the costliest and most complex parts of ship management. Dry Dock X7 lets you plan, execute and analyse dry-docking and shipbuilding projects end to end, with templates, Gantt charts, budgets and quote comparison, mobile apps that work offline, and real-time data for every decision.
- Class surveys
- SOLAS bottom surveys
- BWM Convention
- EEXI & CII
- SIRE 2.0
- RISQ 3.2
- TMSA 3
- DryBMS
- Part of the Marine X7 suite
- 2,200+ vessels using Marine X7 products
- ISO 9001, ISO 27001 & CMMI Level 3 certified team
Every dry dock now carries more regulation, more scope and more scrutiny
A dry dock used to be mainly hull, machinery and Class. Today it is also where environmental retrofits are fitted, inspection findings are closed out and owners judge whether the manager controlled cost and time.
Special and intermediate surveys, and the required inspections of the ship's bottom within each five-year period, still set the rhythm of docking and its core work list.
Ballast water treatment systems, energy efficiency measures driven by EEXI and CII, and anti-fouling systems that meet current IMO rules are often fitted or renewed in dock, adding scope and cost.
Findings about hull, structure and equipment condition often have to be closed out in the yard, and inspectors expect to see that they were.
Structural and equipment defects found in port are frequently deferred to the next docking, so the dry-dock list becomes the record of how they were resolved.
Both frameworks expect dry docks to be planned, controlled and reviewed afterwards, with lessons and costs fed back into the next project.
What this is costing ship managers today
Schedules slip, costs spiral and reporting lags behind reality, while the vessel is off hire every extra day it stays in the yard.
Specifications built from scratch
Each docking starts with a new spreadsheet, even though most of the jobs are the same ones done last time.
Quotes that cannot be compared
Yard quotes come in different structures, so comparing them line by line takes days of superintendent time.
Costs that spiral unseen
Ad-hoc requests and extra work are agreed on the dock floor and only show up in the final invoice.
Reporting that lags reality
Daily progress is gathered by phone and email, so the office sees the position days after it has changed.
Lost evidence
Work-done certificates, photographs and survey records are scattered across phones and laptops when they are needed for Class, owners or the next docking.
No history to learn from
Without comparable data from earlier dockings, there is little to challenge a yard's estimate or improve the next plan.
Spreadsheets, email and a superintendent's notebook — or one live project from specification to final cost
A dry dock should be planned from proven templates, run on a shared live plan and closed out with complete records and costs.
What sets Dry Dock X7 apart for your fleet
Dry Dock X7 keeps planning, execution and analysis in one place and in the simplest form, so the job gets done on time.
Quick, consistent planning
Templates and a standard jobs library let superintendents build a specification quickly and consistently.
Cost under control
Budget costs, compare quotes, track variances and approve ad-hoc requests in the same system as the work.
Works in the yard
Mobile apps work offline with online sync, so updates, certificates and pictures are captured where the work happens.
Clear accountability
Track the responsibility, accountability and expenses of personnel and superintendents throughout the project.
- Key features
- Unlimited dry-docking and shipbuilding projects
- Quick planning using templates and a standard jobs library
- Gantt charts to review workload and plan visually
- Daily, weekly and full-dock work plans
- Budget costs, compare quotes and track variances
- Inform key stakeholders of their tasks and updates
- Attach work-done certificates, pictures and scanned documents on the go
- Approve ad-hoc requests
- Accessible on mobile apps offline with online sync
- Accessible on the web
- Track personnel responsibility and accountability
- Track personnel and superintendent expenses
- Make informed decisions based on real-time data
- Use historical datasets to compare cost and work-done data
Shorter, safer, better-controlled dockings
The return from Dry Dock X7 comes from tighter control of scope and cost, faster decisions in the yard and better data for the next project.
Fewer cost surprises
Budgets, quote comparisons, variance tracking and approval of ad-hoc requests keep extra work visible and agreed before it is invoiced.
Faster decisions in the yard
Real-time progress, Gantt views and daily plans let superintendents and the office act on the current position rather than yesterday's email.
Complete records for Class and owners
Work-done certificates, pictures and documents attached on the go give a full record of what was done, ready for survey close-out and owner reporting.
Patterns across dockings, and a tool that works on the dock floor
Every project adds to a history of jobs, costs and durations that makes the next docking easier to plan and challenge.
Historical comparison
Historical datasets let you compare cost and work done across vessels, yards and dockings to test a new estimate.
Budget versus actual
Live budget and actual cost by project show where variances are building while there is still time to act.
Progress and milestones
Work progress, overdue jobs and upcoming milestones are tracked in real time across all projects.
Designed for ships and superintendents
Offline mobile apps let superintendents and crew update jobs and attach evidence from the dock floor, with sync when back online.
Every dry-dock project, budget and milestone at a glance
The Dry Dock X7 dashboard brings project status, costs, progress and documents together for the whole fleet.
- Projects in planning, in progress and completed
- Budget versus actual cost by project, with cost variance
- Upcoming milestones and work progress summary
- Gantt chart snapshot, recent documents and activity log
Built by an ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and CMMI Level 3 certified team
Dry Dock X7 is part of Marine X7 by Synergetic Shipping Technologies, which holds ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2022 and CMMI Level 3 certification. Our class-approved products are DigiMoor X7 (ClassNK and RightShip approved) and Work-Ship (ClassNK, IRClass and RightShip approved), and PMS X7 is class approved.
- ISO 9001:2015 quality management
- ISO 27001:2022 information security
- CMMI Level 3
- Same team behind class-approved DigiMoor X7, Work-Ship and PMS X7
- Product design led by Master Mariners
Trusted by 70+ ship owners and managers
2,200+ ships use our software, and 3,100+ ships use our software and services every year, with 100% client retention.
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Learn more about Dry Dock X7
What is Dry Dock X7?
Dry Dock X7 is a dry-docking and shipbuilding management tool from Synergetic Shipping Technologies. It covers planning with templates and a standard jobs library, Gantt charts and daily and weekly work plans, budgets, quote comparison and variance tracking, and offline mobile apps for recording progress, certificates and pictures in the yard.
Does Dry Dock X7 work in the yard without internet?
Yes. Dry Dock X7 is accessible on mobile apps that work offline and sync when back online, as well as on the web.
Can Dry Dock X7 manage newbuilding projects as well as dockings?
Yes. It supports unlimited dry-docking and shipbuilding projects.
Can Dry Dock X7 be used on its own?
Yes. Any Marine X7 module can run standalone, so Dry Dock X7 can be used on its own and connected to modules such as PMS X7 and Budget X7 later.
See Dry Dock X7 on your next docking
Book a walkthrough with our team. Bring the specification from your last or next dry dock and we will show you how it would be planned and tracked in Dry Dock X7.
